web 2.0 resources

Saving trees one handout at a time

Please use this tutorial to learn more about Google calendars

http://www.google.com/intl/en/googlecalendar/tour.html

Here are the calendar help files too. If something isn't obvious use the "Help" link - well I guess that's pretty obvious :)

http://www.google.com/support/calendar/?hl=en

Please leave a comment on this blog for your homework. The topic is open but here are some suggestions - Which application has impressed you the most ? Can you use any of them with your students? If so, what are you planning ?

I've received email from several of you and I have invited you to share our goggle doc. If you haven't emailed me from your google account yet please do so today. My address is marsha dot cruce at gmail dot com. ( BTW this technique is called munging and hopefully it will keep the spam bots at bay . You should google munging and see what you find) 

Social networking - the good, the bad, the alternatives

Blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, Twitter, Skype, IM, You Tube, i-Tunes, Flickr, podcasts, social networks, Google tools ...

Our students are already using these applications all the time so our first priority should be to teach them social networking safety.

www.netsmartz.org

www.wiredsafety.org

www.isafe.org

Alternatives - Our district blocks YouTube but do you know about TeacherTube?  We block e-blogger (Goggle's blogspot blogs) but If you build a blog using e-blogger we can unblock your specific url. You just have to create it initially from home. You can also currently use TypePad, Blog Meister, Gaggle or E-Pals for blogs.

An example of a wiki used to share information. marshas.pbwiki.com

An example of social bookmarking - http://del.icio.us/marsha.cruce 

A Few Education blogs for you to review

webogg-ed.com

David Warlick - 2 cents worth

Karl Fisch - the Fisch Bowl

Steve Dembo - Teach 42

Wesley Fyer - Moving at the Speed of Creativity

Karen Seddon is a friend and fellow MDE. Check out her site for teachers- E cubed - Encourage, Equip and Empower   

Sharing some other resources here for images -

Student Friendly Images

Pics4Learning http://pics4Learning.com

Educator Friendly Images

MorgueFile (http://www.morguefile.com/)

Stock xchg (http://www.sxc.hu/)

Free Audio Loops

Flashkit
Click on Sound loops & Sound Effects

Welcome

We'll use this blog to share resources during and after this class. I hope you will also use it to discuss what you are learning and implementing in your classrooms . Comments are monitored, which means they are emailed to me before they are posted,  but they should appear here fairly quickly since I check my email frequently. Monitoring comments on blogs is the district's recommended procedure. Notice that I didn't say it was the district's policy. We will talk about the difference and discuss some of the challenges that educators face as new technology is infused into our classrooms and lives.

Let's use an excellent web 2.0 resource to define web 2.0 

I've advertised that we are going to explore several Google products that make collaborating easy but I hope we have time to look at several other resources as well. Pbwiki for example is too good to skip.

If you haven't registered for a gmail account please do that. It makes using all their products easier. Here's a page that gives you an overview of their tools. They add news ones all the time. Look in the Lab to see what's new.

I am looking forward to this class! Welcome and enjoy.

Marsha